Summary: Non-signatory the Bahamas has never made a public statement on its policy on joining the convention, but its representatives indicated in October 2016 that the government is working to accede to the convention. The Bahamas has never attended a meeting of the convention and is not known to have used, produced, transferred, or stockpiled cluster munitions.

Policy

The Commonwealth of the Bahamas has not acceded to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

In October 2016, representatives from the Bahamas told the Cluster Munition Coalition that the government is working to accede to the convention and sees no objections to joining.[1] The Bahamas has not provided an expected timetable for its accession to the convention.

The Bahamas did not participate in the Oslo Process that created the convention in 2008 and it has never attended a meeting on cluster munitions.

The Bahamas has never made a statement articulating its views on banning cluster munitions, but its representatives have responded to correspondence from campaigners.[2]

The Bahamas voted in favor of a UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution on the Convention on Cluster Munitions in December 2016, which urges states outside the convention to “join as soon as possible.”[3]

It has also voted in favor of UNGA resolutions that express outrage at the use of cluster munitions in Syria, most recently in December 2016.[4]

The Bahamas is party to the Mine Ban Treaty. It has not joined the Convention on Conventional Weapons.

Use, production, transfer, and stockpiling

The Bahamas is not known to have used, produced, transferred, or stockpiled cluster munitions.